Young People Support Worker - Days

All Jobs Pro Ltd; Chichester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare and wellbeing support

Medical cashback scheme

Stakeholder pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pr

pro rata)

Job summary

Stonepillow is seeking a day support worker to join our young people services team. You will work with 16+ looked-after young people and care leavers in West Sussex, applying a trauma-informed approach and kindness to help them build a positive future.

You will manage your own caseload, complete risk assessments, ensure the young people's voice is heard in case management, and support referrals. The role requires safeguarding, whistleblowing, health and safety, and welfare checks.

Qualifications

• Kind, patient approach with young people
• Good understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people using active listening

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred support to 16+ looked-after young people and care leavers
• Maintain caseloads and produce risk assessments
• Ensure the voice of the young people is heard in all case management steps and with partners
• Support team in referrals and welfare checks
• Carry out welfare and house environment checks
• Model trauma-informed practice and unconditional positive regard

Skills

Kind attitude

Active listening

Resilience under pressure

Health & safety awareness

Safeguarding knowledge

Job description

We are looking for an individual to join our young people services team at Stonepillow as a day support worker. We are looking for someone who is inspiring and passionate about young people’s rights and building them a positive future.

We want to engage the successful candidate into how we work in a trauma-informed approach and with kindness.

You will be working with 16+ Older Looked After Young People and Care Leavers that are in the care of West Sussex. You will be required to become familiar with legislation regarding young people in the care of local authority, and the robust Safeguarding, Whistleblowing and Health & Safety requirements.

Your duties will include:

• Providing support in a person-centred way.
• Model a kind, positive, persistent, proactive manner to secure meaningful engagement with young people to bring about sustained outcomes for them;
  • ensuring the team you work with are safe and the young people have a trusted safe adult in their life.
  • To manage your own caseload, to ensure the following processes are maintain :
  • Produce individual support and risk assessments, in line with our support model, incorporating the views of the young people.
  • Ensure that the voice of the YP is heard in all aspects of the case management process and is articulated to all partners involved.
  • To support the team leader to maintain detailed case file audits with properly documented correspondence and evidence of decision-making processes and statutory safeguarding actions.
  • Facilitate case reviews quarterly with your line manager, your YP and all professionals linked to their support.
  • Support your line manager in managing and coordinating all referrals
  • Ensure the YP are invested and working on their Life Skills Programme to gain independence.
  • Role model and be a proponent of ‘Unconditional Positive Regard’ to our YP and have a ‘never give up approach’ to supporting our YP
  • Carry out welfare checks
  • Carry out house environmental checks

In order to be successful in this role you will need:

• Have a kind and ‘never give up attitude’. To have the passion to support YP in achieving positive futures.
• Able to work in challenging situations
• Good knowledge of Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Confidentiality
• The ability to motivate and inspire YP to make positive life change
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people using excellent active listening skills to form healthy and constructive relationships
• To update paper and computerised systems and ensure all occurrences throughout the shift are recorded.

The benefits of working at Stonepillow:

• Healthcare and wellbeing support including access to in-app virtual appointments with NHS registered GPs and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance programme with face-to-face counselling
• A medical cashback scheme and retail discounts
• Stakeholder pension, employer contribution of 5%
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications have been received.

Early applications are encouraged, interviews will commence before the closing date if suitable candidates are identified

Stonepillow is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.